Nordic Tech Weekly — 2026-09-22
Stockholm healthtech firm Tandem Health landed the Nordic region's biggest round of the week — a $100M Series B led by EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund. Estonia's Creem raised €5M seed and Finland's Upheat Solutions was picked for L'Oréal's €100M innovation programme, while Norway's Firi anchored a slim domestic funding week with ~$3M. Europe-wide, over €1.7B was deployed across 70+ deals last week.
Nordic Tech Weekly — 2026-09-22
Top Funding Rounds
Tandem Health (Sweden) — $100M Series B
- What they do: Stockholm-based healthtech company using AI to support clinicians across European healthcare.
- Investors: Led by the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT.
- Why it matters: One of the largest Nordic healthtech rounds of 2026, it signals continued strong investor appetite for AI applications in healthcare — and cements Stockholm's edge in the region's funding landscape.
Creem (Estonia) — €5M Seed
- What they do: Tallinn-based fintech offering billing and monetisation infrastructure for software companies.
- Investors: Led by Inovo VC, with participation from existing investors Practica Capital and Antler.
- Why it matters: The round underscores the continued strength of the Nordic-Baltic fintech corridor, with a pan-regional investor base backing merchant-of-record-style tooling.
Firi (Norway) — ≈$3.0M Seed
- What they do: Norway's leading crypto exchange, making it "safe and easy to invest in crypto" with over 400,000 Nordic customers.
- Investors: Not disclosed in available reporting.
- Why it matters: Firi anchored Norway's only verified funding round in the week ending 20 September — Norwegian deal flow has been notably thin compared to Sweden and the Baltics.
Launches & Product News
- Upheat Solutions (Finland): The Tampere-based industrial heat pump company was selected as one of 13 companies worldwide for L'Oréal's €100 million L'AcceleratOR sustainable innovation programme — a major validation for Nordic industrial climate tech on a global corporate stage.
- Mifundo (Estonia): The Tallinn-based pan-European credit data platform partnered with London's open banking infrastructure provider Yapily to build more complete cross-border credit profiles by enriching bank data — a step toward solving the portability of creditworthiness for people moving across European borders.
Exits & M&A
No Nordic M&A deals closed within the past 24 hours based on available data. Context from the wider European picture: tech.eu tracked 70+ deals worth over €1.7 billion across Europe last week, plus more than 10 exits and M&A transactions or rumours — though none specific to the Nordics surfaced in the past day's coverage.
Structurally, Nordic M&A remains shaped by a sponsor-driven cycle: platforms reaching the end of a fund's hold period increasingly recycle to another Nordic or European sponsor rather than seeking a strategic or IPO exit, with continuation-fund structures now routine for trophy assets, according to Synergy AI's 2026 market landscape analysis.
On the policy side, the Swedish Competition Authority's updated guidance on the notification and assessment of concentrations took effect with new powers from 1 August 2026 — including the ability to order information obligations for concentrations not otherwise notifiable under merger rules, widening the regulator's ability to review deals before completion.
Nordic Spotlight
AI healthtech's big week. Tandem Health's $100M Series B — led by the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT — is the standout Nordic story of the week, and it fits into a broader pattern: European investors deployed over €1.7 billion across 70+ deals last week, and Nordic AI-health applications are increasingly commanding nine-figure rounds.
What makes the deal notable is less the size than the source: EQT's dedicated scaleup vehicle continues to be one of the most active large-cap backers of Nordic growth-stage companies, keeping late-stage capital on the continent rather than ceding follow-on rounds to US funds.
Thecorridor between Sweden and Estonia also deserves attention this week — Creem's €5M seed and Mifundo's Yapily partnership show the Baltic fintech scene functioning as an extension of the Nordic ecosystem, with shared investors (Practica Capital, Antler) and cross-border product ambitions.
What to Watch Next Week
- Firi's expansion plans: With its ≈$3M fresh seed capital and 400,000+ Nordic customers, watch for announcements about new market entries from Norway's leading crypto exchange.
- Norwegian deal flow: Norway's single verified round last week suggests the funding leadership seen in Stockholm's 2026 momentum may continue widening its gap over the rest of the region — monitor whether Oslo catches up with new announcements.
- Upheat Solutions' L'Oréal programme milestones: As one of 13 companies in the €100M L'AcceleratOR programme, expect commercial pilots and partnerships with the group's manufacturing operations to emerge in the coming months.
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